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Erik Bethke has been developing games for over 12 years. During this time, he has worked up the ranks from a junior engineering position to the owner and CEO of Taldren, Inc. in California. He is the founder of GoPets and is currently living in Seoul.

For five years at Taldren, he was responsible for overall corporate operations, leading design and business development. Projects managed at Taldren include theStarfleet Command real-time tactical starship simulator. He has acted as the lead designer and producer/executive producer throughout the series, including SFC 1, SCF: Neutral Zone, SFC II: Empires at War, SFC: Orion Pirates and Starfleet Command 3.

Prior to founding Taldren Inc. Erik has worked for both large publishers and small developers. Projects include I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream for Cyberdreams, PlanetNET for MPGNet and Caesars Place Windows 95 for Interplay.

Erik is the author of the book Game Development and Production. The book is currently used by the game design departments of at least half a dozen universities and colleges around the world.

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